TWO more alleged outlaw bikie gang associates have been refused bail over a pub meeting, with a magistrate warning there's a "new sheriff in town".
Accused Rebels associates Steven Smith and Joshua Carew were remanded in custody in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday.
The pair and three others were arrested and locked up this month after meeting at a Sunshine Coast hinterland hotel.
They were arrested under laws that ban associates of declared criminal organisations from gathering in public.
Paul Lansdowne was refused bail on Thursday. Bail rulings for Scott Conley and Dan Whale are yet to be made.
In refusing Smith bail on Friday, Magistrate Tim Carmody said the argument he was "going to jail just for having a beer with mates" clearly misunderstood the aim of the Newman government's new anti-association laws.
He said the laws were to protect the community, whose members were entitled to go about their business "unintimidated by aggressive criminal gang members who have become too big for their boots".
"The government's tough stance ... is intended to keep the peace and tackle crime by making Queensland a hostile environment for socially destructive drug traffickers like the Rebels," he said.
"There is, it seems, a new sheriff in town with low or zero tolerance for criminals and their activities."
The court was told Smith and Carew were on bail on drug trafficking charges when they were arrested over the pub gathering.
Police had strong evidence Smith had a longstanding association with the Rebels, while Carew had been spotted at their local headquarters and with patched gang members, the court was told.
Mr Carmody cited their apparent gang ties, past criminal histories and breaches of bail conditions as reasons to refuse bail.
However, he indicated he would grant bail to Conley and Whale if they could convince him they would disassociate themselves from the Rebels.
He said the case against Conley was not strong, while Whale had a nine-month-old child at home and was the family's sole breadwinner.
Their cases have been adjourned until later on Friday.
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